Karl Marx said that the civil war was the only great war in military history. After the civil war, American military education circles began to pay attention to the war debate. This civil war is of great, historic, progressive and revolutionary significance.
The civil war was the first large-scale war after the industrial revolution, during which the standards of modern warfare such as tactics, strategic thinking and battlefield medical care were established. Most of the 3.5 million people who took part in the war were volunteers. The war killed 750,000 soldiers and disabled 400,000 soldiers. Relevant associations estimate that the death toll may be higher, and the number of civilians affected is unknown.
The civil war destroyed slavery. Civil War is the second bourgeois revolution in American history, but it solved the problem of farmers' land well, safeguarded national unity, cleared the way for the accelerated development of American capitalism, and laid the foundation for the United States to rank among the world powers.
During the civil war, the industrial revolution brought great military progress. The two sides used metal shells and heavy rifles to fight, used railways and steam boats to realize rapid maneuvering and assembly of troops, and used steam armored warships to conduct naval battles. Mechanical rifles were put into actual combat for the first time, especially the production mode of manufacturing standardized parts and assembling weapons was developed in the north, which greatly improved the industrial production efficiency and promoted the progress of American history.
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Civil War-Baidu Encyclopedia